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Chapter VIII: The Delinquent

Chapter VIII: The Delinquent CHAPTER VIII Th e Delinquent WILLIAM C. KVARACEUS THE LAST six years have shown significant trends in research on delin­ quent youth. A steady and marked increase in number of court cases was observed. Delinquents were more precisely defined and differentiated as to types. Validations of prediction tools and techniques were carried out. Factor s generating delinquent behavior in the culture and its subcultures, as well as in the psyche, received greater emphasis. School-community efforts to prevent and control delinquency were better based on integrated conceptualizations, although evaluations of such efforts appeared crude and subjective. The responsibility of the school as an institution and its poten­ tial for helping the predelinquent and delinquent were reviewed and outlined. A number of comprehensive reports summarizing research and program planning for the delinquent were published. Barron (2), viewing the problems of juvenile delinquency in a comprehensive, societal frame of reference, pointed to the need for orderly modification of the social struc­ tur e and some of the values and functions of American society. Kvaraceus (24) considered the meaning and causes of delinquent behavior and out­ lined the responsibilities of the major community agencies in a co-ordinated progra m centered on the schools. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Educational Research SAGE

Chapter VIII: The Delinquent

Kvaraceus, William C.
Review of Educational Research , Volume 29 (5): 8 – Dec 1, 1959
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0034-6543
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CHAPTER VIII Th e Delinquent WILLIAM C. KVARACEUS THE LAST six years have shown significant trends in research on delin­ quent youth. A steady and marked increase in number of court cases was observed. Delinquents were more precisely defined and differentiated as to types. Validations of prediction tools and techniques were carried out. Factor s generating delinquent behavior in the culture and its subcultures, as well as in the psyche, received greater emphasis. School-community efforts to prevent and control delinquency were better based on integrated conceptualizations, although evaluations of such efforts appeared crude and subjective. The responsibility of the school as an institution and its poten­ tial for helping the predelinquent and delinquent were reviewed and outlined. A number of comprehensive reports summarizing research and program planning for the delinquent were published. Barron (2), viewing the problems of juvenile delinquency in a comprehensive, societal frame of reference, pointed to the need for orderly modification of the social struc­ tur e and some of the values and functions of American society. Kvaraceus (24) considered the meaning and causes of delinquent behavior and out­ lined the responsibilities of the major community agencies in a co-ordinated progra m centered on the schools.

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Published: Dec 1, 1959

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